Organizational compassion, employee motivation and Job satisfaction among Teachers within Kampala District during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The study sought to establish the relationship between organizational compassion, motivation and job satisfaction among teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic. The study gave an insight into the level of organizational compassion received by teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic, how it influenced their motivation and eventually how it influenced their job satisfaction. A quantitative research approach was used while conducting the study. The data was collected among teachers of primary schools in Kampala district. A cross sectional survey was employed for this study and a standardized self administered questionnaire was used to collect the data from the respondents. The collected data was analyzed using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The research findings showed that organizational compassion has no significant relationship with amotivation, however that there is a positive significant relationship between organizational compassion and both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. The results also revealed that amotivation has no significant relationship with job satisfaction, however that there is a positive significant relationship between intrinsic motivation and job satisfaction and a positive significant relationship between extrinsic motivation and job satisfaction. The study findings also showed that there is a positive significant relationship between organizational compassion and job satisfaction. A number of recommendations in regards to future research and people involved in the teaching sector were made.